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The new Graph Search being beta tested by Facebook helps recruiters find talent by sifting through information from billions of Facebook users, Danny Rubin writes. To get on the radar of more recruiters, users should include their full job title, job description, schools and civic group involvement in their Facebook profile, he writes.

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Job seekers can better take advantage of Facebook's Graph Search by changing their privacy settings so it will make it easier for recruiters to find them and by refining their profile, Kimberly Shrack writes. "Avoid acronyms or those 'hip' names people give positions. You’re not an accounting ninja. You’re an accountant," she writes.

The Graph Search being tested by Facebook can help recruiters find talent by sifting through information from millions of Facebook users, Danny Rubin writes. To get on the radar of more recruiters, users should include their full job title, job description, schools and civic group involvement in their Facebook profile, he writes.

You should only spend 10% of your job search time on online job search sites, so make the most of your efforts by using aggregators like Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com, Susan Adams writes. She also suggests tapping in Craigslist and niche sites like Dice.com.

A happy working environment "counts for a ton" and might even be more important than your job description, Alison Green writes. "Working in an unhappy place -- even if you yourself aren’t unhappy -- is pretty unpleasant," she writes.